676: Chapter 676 Dao-Containing Mystic Crystal

The finger of blame was pointed directly at Burning Heaven Palace, which had long-standing grievances with the Azure Profound Sect.

"This is going too far!"

Shi Wanshan, the Peak Revered Master of Qingyue Peak, had the most fiery temperament. Upon hearing this deduction, his eyes turned blood-red. He led the various Peak Revered Masters, along with several senior Elders, and arrived at Burning Heaven Palace together to demand justice.

Outside the mountain gate of Burning Heaven Palace, the gazes of various Sects in Xuan Province converged, everyone holding their breath in anticipation.

Within Burning Heaven Palace, an indifferent cold snort resounded through the clouds, carrying supreme Saintly Might, causing the blood and Qi of the Azure Profound Sect members to churn.

"Mere ants, how dare you repeatedly provoke the prestige of my palace?"

Before the voice even faded, a figure shrouded in raging Saintly Flames stepped through the Void Realm. It was the Palace Revered Master of Burning Heaven Palace, who had been a Saint for many years and whose fame shook Xuan Province—Lie Tianxiong!

He didn't even deign to say more. Facing the inquiries and grief-stricken indignation of the Azure Profound Sect crowd, he simply slowly raised a hand and pressed down through the air.

"Boom—!"

Saint Dao Laws intertwined, transforming into a giant flaming palm that covered the sky and incinerated the eight directions.

The defensive light screens jointly deployed by the Peak Revered Masters and Elders of the Azure Profound Sect shattered like paper.

Under the gaze of countless horrified eyes, the giant palm struck down ruthlessly.

After the smoke and clouds dissipated, only a bottomless, charred giant pit remained, along with the ashes of Laws permeating the air.

All the high-level members of the Azure Profound Sect who had come this time, including several Peak Revered Masters, actually had their Divine Souls obliterated and their bones turned to ash under a single strike from Lie Tianxiong!

When the news reached back, everyone in the Azure Profound Sect felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

In an instant, the Sect's top combat power was almost wiped clean, leaving only some Personal Disciples of various peaks who were still training or in seclusion in the Cave Heaven Realm or Heavenly Human Realm.

Amidst sorrow and despair, these young Disciples were forced to shoulder the heavy burden, hastily taking over the positions of Peak Revered Masters to support the tottering Sect.

For a time, Xuan Province was shaken. Several major Sects sighed incessantly, becoming increasingly wary of Burning Heaven Palace!

The Azure Profound Sect, due to a Saint's failed Breakthrough and the subsequent tragic conflict, had actually fallen to the state of being supported by the younger generation of Disciples. Its prosperity had faded, and its future was bleak.

Meanwhile, the true Peak Revered Masters and Elders, after experiencing the baptism of war and witnessing the vastness of the Immortal Realm and their own insignificance...

One after another, they entered the depths of the Cangyun World. Under a hundred-fold time acceleration, they focused single-mindedly on striking for that higher Realm.

The entire Sect was undergoing a full-speed transformation in silence.

The Old Ancestor was in seclusion, Elders were comprehending the Dao, Disciples were practicing hard, and fresh blood was constantly being injected...

On Zizhu Peak, Gu Changge leaned against the pavilion railing, watching this great play of "falling" directed by Xuan Yangzi himself, the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up.

"It really has to be Senior Brother; these methods he's playing with are truly quite smooth."

Beside him, Ji Qingyi was even more dumbfounded. So it could be done like this?

When she first arrived at Zizhu Peak, she had lamented that this Sect clearly had deep foundations but was content to remain obscure.

Looking at it now, this wasn't just being low-key; it was outrageously low-key.

Gu Changge stood on Zizhu Peak, unconsciously fiddling with the gray egg in his hands. His gaze swept over the Azure Profound Sect, which appeared dilapidated to the outside world but was actually refreshed internally.

Everything had stepped onto the right track, vibrant with life, like a vast scroll slowly unfolding.

In the Immortal Realm, within an ancient Secret Realm.

Xiao Ruobai, Fang Hanyu, Ling Xi, Wang Xiaopang, and Mo Yu—the five of them—were staring at the ancient Immortal Spring before them, fully focused with solemn expressions.

It had been more than three months since they were casually tossed here by their Revered Master.

At that time, with a single thought, Gu Changge had casually thrown the five of them, including Xiao Ruobai, into the Immortal Realm. The end of the spatial tunnel happened to be in the center of a boiling lava lake in this Secret Realm.

On a solitary rock in the center of the lake, a Seven-Aperture Fire Lotus with seven apertures and lotus petals flowing with a molten gold luster was blooming its final brilliance.

Mature Dao Rhyme rippled out, causing the air to be filled with a scorching sweet fragrance.

Around the lake shore, the overlords of this area had already gathered: Iron-Backed Violent Bears with fur like branding irons, Rhino-Horned Earth Dragons with spiral horns on their heads, Fire-Scaled Giant Lizards with dark red scales...

Hundreds of fierce ancient beasts faced off with bated breath, saliva dripping from between their teeth, scorching white smoke onto the scorched earth.

They were all waiting, waiting for the moment the fire lotus's last sliver of Law stabilized.

However, at the very moment the fire lotus's mature radiance reached its peak, a streak of crimson lightning darted out from the shadows of the lava!

It was a Moon-Heart Fox, entirely crimson with flame patterns burning on its tail.

Relying on its innate concealment and extreme speed, it actually snatched the fire lotus right under the eyes of the beasts, pouncing onto the solitary rock. Its small paws were like a phantom, plucking the most dazzling fire lotus by its roots in one go!

"Got it!" A flash of joy had just crossed the little fox's eyes.

"Boom—!!!"

Five human figures, wrapped in spatial turbulence like meteors from beyond the heavens, crashed straight onto the solitary rock without missing a beat!

They slammed right into the little fox that had just grabbed the fire lotus and was about to flee, fox and lotus alike!

The few of them stumbled to the ground, quickly stabilizing themselves. Wang Xiaopang happened to land right on top of the little fox that was death-gripping the fire lotus, making it see stars.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

The little fox struggled to poke its head out from under Wang Xiaopang. It looked at the several people close at hand, then at the intact but dust-covered fire lotus in its arms, and then at the surroundings...

"Roar—!!!"

"Awoo—!!!"

All the ancient beasts that had been waiting for a long time were instantly enraged! The lotus-stealer had accomplices?!

The Iron-Backed Violent Bear stood on its hind legs, its giant palm crushing the rocky shore; the Rhino-Horned Earth Dragon lowered its head and charged, its single horn tearing the earth; the Fire-Scaled Giant Lizard spat out a flaming stream, and fire rained down from the sky!

"Holy crap! What's the situation?!"

Wang Xiaopang had just climbed up when he was startled by the incoming beast roars and killing intent. Subconsciously, he threw the furry, warm thing in his hand behind his back and bolted.

This throw of his happened to toss the Moon-Heart Fox, which was still holding the fire lotus and in a dazed state, onto his own back.

The little fox instinctively used its claws to grip Wang Xiaopang's collar tightly, and the fire lotus in its mouth almost fell out.

After the initial panic and crisis passed, everyone quickly adapted to the Secret Realm's environment and the strength of the ancient beasts. Upon discovering the abundant treasures in the Secret Realm, they immediately started their looting mode.

During those three months, they almost swept the Secret Realm clean, their storage Magical Artifacts packed to the brim.

Only those giant Mineral Mothers that were incredibly hard and connected to the earth veins, or the supreme treasure nests guarded by terrifyingly powerful overlord-level Yao Beasts, were not taken.

The harvest was so bountiful it was staggering: exotic flowers and rare grasses, precious mineral essences, ancient beast collections, legacies of ancient Immortal Caves...

At this moment, beside an ancient Immortal Spring hidden by a natural Restriction, several people were fully focused.

The Immortal Spring had long been temporarily diverted and moved away by them using special methods, revealing a Chaos crystal stone shimmering with seven-colored aurora below. The crystal was only about the size of a fist and shaped like a heart.

It throbbed slightly. With every contraction and expansion, it caused the surrounding Laws to ripple out like waves, emitting a misty Dao Rhyme that cleared the Divine Soul and made the Dao Heart leap with joy.

dao-embodying mysterious crystal.

This was the Dao-source core condensed over ten thousand years in the Secret Realm; its effects could be called Heaven-Defying.

If a Cultivator consumes it, they can greatly enhance their comprehension of Great Dao Laws. For the Immortal Lord Realm, it can out of thin air add a thirty percent chance of breaking through to Immortal King.

Even for great experts in the Immortal King Realm, it can provide an additional ten percent possibility of attaining the Dao of the Immortal Sovereign!